An interesting coincidence this week – or was it? On Wednesday, thanks to Twitter I picked up an interesting post on Vanessa Gebbie’s blog about the visual impact of fiction, i.e. how layout and typography influence our perception (and enjoyment) of what we read. This works at different levels, from the appearance of the page – ratio of white … Continue reading Small but perfectly formed
Last summer while on jury service, a fellow juror (and comparative stranger) seeing me with book in hand, took me to one side and told me I should read The Help by Kathryn Stockett. When I’d had the same advice from several others (whose reading tastes I knew better!) I eventually took it and am happy to pass … Continue reading Civil Rights and Civil War
I’ve read a few articles lately extolling writing by hand, some of them by otherwise hardened technophiles. For these people I have nothing but admiration If they can live without the delete key, without Ctrl X and Ctrl Z, I take my hat off to them. I’m also prepared to believe, as is sometimes stated (sorry, … Continue reading Paper, pixels and the lost art of handwriting
Just four days on holiday and look what happened! First of all Ether books published my short story Mouse Years on their i-phone app. – that was just before I left. Not having an i-phone myself (lol) I haven’t seen how this looks but look forward to sneaking a peak as soon as I can … Continue reading Style Statements
Picture this. One room containing five (I think it was five) publishers, editors or agents, each seated at a school desk. At a distance of some 10 metres from them, five queues, each containing ten jittery wannabees (apologies to anyone there who was way beyond wannabee status) making nervous jokes and mentally rehearsing what they might cram into three short … Continue reading Get Writing 2: the pitch
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